THCIC releases to the public yearly quality reports for each of the hospitals based on the Agency for Healthcare Quality (AHRQ) indicators. Currently, those reports do not take into account the possibility of certain diagnosis, such as an infection, that might have been present on admission. This could be intrepreted incorrectly and appear to be […]
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Welcome Our New Director of Quality & Safety
The DFWHC Foundation loves to add new talent, so please help me welcome Robin Stout, RN, BSN as the new Director of Quality and Safety. Robin has a hospital clinical background as well as industry experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She excels in the use of analytics to address patient safety and quality issues and […]
Regional Master Patient Index (REMPI)
Research at the DFWHC Foundation is an adventure. I guess you could say I’m a nerd, but the claims database offers exciting research possibilities. We have a regional master patient index (REMPI) that amazingly tracks patients across time, hospitals and payors. An ID number is assigned to patients allowing us to follow them at hospitals […]